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The Competitive Edge

The Competitive Edge

By: Gilbert + Tobin
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Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world with The Competitive Edge, a competition law podcast. Each fortnight Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with our resident experts and special guests to give you the competitive edge.

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  • Mergerbot: Simon Muys and Tanya Macdonald on the recent and upcoming refinements to the new merger process
    Dec 16 2025

    Partners Simon Muys and Tanya Macdonald join us to ring in Australia’s new merger clearance regime – what's settled, what's still up in the air and how our clients are navigating the new world in the third but not necessarily final instalment of our webinar series. This episode may qualify for 1 CPD point depending on your jurisdiction. Plus Skarsgårds and Sarsgaards, trilogies of four or more, and our new MergerHub … All this and nothing more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

      • Check out our new hub on Australia's new merger regime: what you need to know
      • Watch a video of the webinar
      • Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh's announcement of refinements to the regime
      • Skarsgårds in Murderbot on Apple TV, It: Welcome to Derry on HBO Max and Andor on Disney+
      • Desert wildflowers in Broken Hill
      • The Matrix filming locations in Sydney
      • Try our new competition-law-themed cryptic crossword and all our other ones
      • Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
      • Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The Merger Reform Forum: ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb on the new merger review framework
    Dec 8 2025

    ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb delivers a keynote at our recent forum on the new merger framework that's just around the riverbend: why the change, how to engage with the ACCC, and what's still up in the air. Plus the Chatham chat on fees, thresholds and first-instance decision-making, an agreement on unfair trading practices, the FTC loses its case against Meta, and former chair Lina Khan's new gig in New York … All this and movie posters with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of #TheCompetitiveEdge #podcast #competitionlaw #rrrjrrr

    Links:

    • The complete The Rural Juror on 30 Rock
    • Heraclitus/Pocahontas on social media market definitions (sing-along)
    • FTC v Meta memorandum opinion
    • Treasury Ministers announcement on unfair trading practices
    • The Guardian on Lina Khan's new gig
    • John McWhorter on mispronouncing Mamdani
    • Drew Struzan and Richard Amsel movie posters
    • Our new competition-law-themed cryptic crossword and all our other ones

    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    44 mins
  • DPSI 10 Your Seatbelts: Kate Reader on the Digital Platform Services Inquiry and what's next for the ACCC in digital regulation
    Nov 20 2025

    DPSI 10 Your Seatbelts: Kate Reader, head of the ACCC's Digital Markets Branch and G+T alum, returns to unpack the landmark Digital Platform Services Inquiry, developments in Australia and overseas and greatly exaggerated rumours about the ACCC's digital team. Plus the newest conference on the competition mafia or knitting circle's calendar, the new acquisitions register hits its stride, and a hot potato for the Wiggles … All this and merger jokes with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. [Links]

    • ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb's speech at the Australian Competition Summit
    • Julian Wright and Andrei Hagiu on Artificial Intelligence and Competition Policy
    • The entire Digital Platform Services Inquiry 2020-25
    • Australia's lunar rover Roo-ver
    • The Wiggles on button batteries and electricity more generally
    • Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
    • Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    29 mins
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